Il MUTA is a private museum, which was opened to the public in 1999, in the Palazzo Pomarici Santomasi (1700), located in the historic center of Sorrento. During the restoration of the Palace for its conversion into a museum, various architectural and decorative details of the original layout were brought to light, including frescoes and ceilings covered with hand-painted paper. The exhibition of the collection of ancient and modern marquetry was designed to create an educational path across the four floors of the Palace that could document, through separate sections, the art of wood marquetry in its multiple facets. On the ground floor, there is an exhibition and the commercialization of the modern collection of objects and furniture inlaid with decorative themes linked to contemporary culture. On the first floor, the historic collection is introduced by photographic documentation of the works of master inlayers from the fifteenth to the eighteenth century, with an in-depth look at the various schools of nineteenth-century marquetry. Before proceeding to the sections dedicated to Sorrento marquetry, the visit offers a wide exhibition of paintings, prints, and photos which, together with the model of the city of Sorrento, allow the reconstruction of the environmental context in which local marquetry developed in the nineteenth century. The evolution of working techniques, the documentation of the materials used, the study of decorative themes and design details, which characterize the design of Sorrentine inlaid furniture and objects, provide the inspiration for several sections. The exhibition path, after exploring the contribution given by the local School of Art to the training of various generations of craftsmen, concludes on the third floor with the exhibition of the production of the master inlayers of nineteenth-century Sorrento. MUTA, besides fulfilling the purpose of providing continuity to the history of Sorrento marquetry with the design and commercialization of a renewed production, represents, for the identity of the cultural language between the container and its content, a unified and rare document on architecture, applied arts, economy, and territorial management, which have characterized Sorrento from the eighteenth century to the present day.
Information about Museobottega della tarsialignea
Via san Nicola, 28
80067 Sorrento (Naples)
0818771942
afc@alessandrofiorentinocollection.it
https://www.alessandrofiorentinocollection.it
Source: MIBACT
